Sunday of Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time – Cycle C
Readings on p. 1418 and Antiphons on p. 1414 of the Daily Missal and on p. 991 of the Sunday Missal.
Entrance Antiphon.
Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not far from me! Make haste and come to my help, O Lord, my strong salvation!
First Reading: Wisdom11:22 – 12:2
A reading from the Book of Wisdom.
Lord, the whole world before you
is like a speck that tips the scales, |
and like a drop of morning dew that falls upon the ground.
But you are merciful to all, for you can do all things,
and you overlook men’s sins, that they may repent.
For you love all things that exist,
and you loathe none of the things which you have made,
for you would not have made anything if you had hated it.
How would anything have endured if you had not willed it?
Or how would anything not called forth by you
have been preserved?
You spare all things, for they are yours,
O Lord you love the living.
For your immortal spirit is in all things.
Therefore you correct little by little those who trespass,
and remind and warn them of the things wherein they sin,
that they may be freed from wickedness
and put their trust in you, O Lord.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:1-2.8-11.13cd-14 (R. see 1)
Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm
R/. I will bless your name forever, my king and my God.
I will extol you, my God and king,
and bless your name forever and ever.
I will bless you day after day,
and praise your name forever and ever.
The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in mercy.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
All your works shall thank you, O Lord,
and all your faithful ones bless you.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign,
and declare your mighty deeds.
The Lord is faithful in all his words,
and holy in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
R/. I will bless your name forever, my king and my God.
Second Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians.
Brothers and sisters:
We always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his call,
and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith
by his power,
so that the name of our Lord Jesus
may be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our assembling to meet him,
we beg you, brethren,
not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited,
either by spirit or by word
or by letter purporting to be from us,
to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
The Word of the Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should have eternal life.
Alleluia.
Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
At that time:
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
And there was a man named Zacchaeus;
he was a chief tax collector, and rich.
And he sought to see who Jesus was,
but could not, on account of the crowd,
because he was small of stature.
So he ran on ahead and
climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him,
for he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place,
he looked up and said to him,
“Zacchaeus, make haste and come down;
for I must stay at your house today.”
So he made haste and came down,
and received him joyfully.
And when they saw it they all murmured,
“He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,
“Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;
and if I have defrauded anyone of anything,
I restore it fourfold.”
And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house
since he also is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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